Australia had an amazing outing on day 1 of the WTC 2023 Final against India as they posted 327/3 with Travis Head scoring a superb hundred and going back unbeaten with Steve Smith for company as India was bamboozled after wasting away a good start with the ball.
Rohit Sharma had won the toss and chosen to bowl first. India started well as hey picked the first three wickets for 76 runs with Usman Khawaja making 0, David Warner making 43, and Marnus Labuschagne scoring 26 runs.
But then, Travis Head with 146* and Steve Smith with 95* added 251 unbeaten runs for the fourth wicket as Australia ended day one on 327/3. Head batted with a strike rate of 93.58.
For India Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur picked one wicket each.
With Head becoming the first-ever batsman to score a century in the WTC final, he received some much deserved praise from former cricketers all across the world.
Indi's Wasim Jaffer too took to Twitter to praise Head after which Vaughan decided to take a sly dig at his friend.
“First Test ton away from home and what a time to do it! Well played Travis Head," tweeted Jaffer, and he got a prompt reply from his good friend Michael Vaughan.
“Afternoon Wasim," wrote the ex-England Test skipper, with India under pressure in the game.
Wasim decided to take a dig of his own on Vaughan and pointed out to the England cricketer where did he lose his blue tick mark of verification.
“Evening Michael, If that’s really you #WheresYourBlueTick," replied Jaffer to Vaughan.
“No need for a blue Tick Wasim," tweeted Vaughan with his video showing a big thumbs-up.
